Apple Office Equipment Upgrades

My friend and I joke, Our fathers got a new car each year, now we get a new phone.’  That was the middle class dream then, Own a house, have a job, have a new car.  Now we rent and get a new smart phone.  The truth is the smart phone is revolutionary. It’s easy to underestimate how incredible it truly is.  I have a world of knowledge at my finger tips, A whole library, I have specific medical texts and charts and studies on my phone. I have lab norms and reference books. I have Pub Med Search engine. I have Safari browser which connects me to the clinics I work out of in persona and virtually. So I can have the patient information of all my patients readily at hand,  

I shop on Amazon. What’s amazing about that is not the fun shopping but the replacement bits and parts that have been discontinued by the manufacturer,  I have Kindle which allows me to download load and read books as well as the audio book function.   I love e books.  I love that if I have to wait anywhere I have a book In the past I’ve enjoyed the music.  I have a collection and do play these on walks or driving in the car.  Mostly I like podcasts of medical lectures relevant to my practice from various universities around the world along with talks.,  

The camera is something is truly love and enjoy upgrading the phone because the telephoto and wide angle and video improve each time I love bird photography and especially love a piocture of a blue kingfisher I captured last year,  I love taking pictures travelling and now depend almost solely on my iPhone. I used to carry several professional Nikons but now I only have one that I have as back up. The phone is sufficient for almost all my needs and desire.,

Yes I like social media and have it on my phone with the capacity to upload my latest picture of my dog

There’s the times in various parts of the world that are relevant to me, a weather app for the same and a calendar and daytimer with alerts.  I work as a virtual consultant and my phone allows me to work anywhere on the planet.  I also have the fitness and health data on the phone and have enjoyed the step counter which tells me I walk a lot but need to walk more,

The gps and map features are especially excellent including the I hunter gps and backwoods feature that now tells me which section I’m in accurately so I’m not at risk of shooting game in the wrong sector.  

Truly it’;s all unbelievable.  I am Dick Tracy The imagination of the science fiction writers of a 50 to 100 years ago are now with me everywhere I go,

I really like the iPhone 16.  One of the first features I appreciated was it’s quick transfer of data from my old phone to this one along with it’s ease of connectivity to other devises such as my smart phone Mack book pro and the Samsung TV.  It’s all faster and smoother and more intuitive with greater capacity and more advanced camera and health data.  I like that it alerts when I fall and so far I can tap “I’m okay”,  Maybe one day it will save my life,

I upgraded my MacBook Pro because it’s my main computer and the memory holds all my writing and photography and medical work.  The last one I’d upgraded a few years back was still just fine but this new MacBook Pro really is that much more.  Better visual, better functionality  and seemingly unlimited capacity for a computer.  I’m mostly using it for work and really do enjoy it,

This iPad Pro 12 is a dream, I always thought of the Macks as spots cars compared to the Microsoft trucks.  My iPad 11 with Magic Keyboard went everywhere with me in my Roots purse. It’s was the 11 inch one. This is the 13 inch one and it fits too,  I think of myself as a writer. That is my avocation and what I wanted to do but felt I needed to do service and learn before I really became a writer. Meanwhile I ve written a whole group of papers published, had columns in newspapers, had multiple awards for writing articles and had a couple of books of poetry and a work related book published and the sales paid for themselves.  I certainly could not afford this iBook pro on the earnings I’ve made from writing alone,  Which is why I really enjoy that I need these for work but can enjoy them for my own purposes as well. Like driving the company car on the weekend,  

I really am enjoying this now., I remember busking with my Marten Guitar with a friend for the experience and giving away the money we got to charity.  I confess I don’t mind anyone playing on the street but if they put up a sign saying it’s for food I don’t think they should be wearing a Rolex, designer shoes and have a stratovarious.  I’m blessed.  

I’m trying to grow spirituality and focus on prayers and meditation but the fact remains that the materialist in me is happy when I upgrade my iPhone,  I love this iPad Pro as much as I love my Ruger 30:06.  The Ruger 30:06 has served me decades shooting moose, elk, deer and bear but the fact is my Aopple iPads and keyboards though I upgrade them have served me writing as long, I’m loving my Harley too, There’s comfort in good and reliable tools,

Yet theoretically I can know God just as well poor and poor I prayed and meditated,  Before I had computers and Ipades I wrote in note books with fountains pens and pencils,.,  It’s a process.

I see these as the gifts of recovery and gifts from God.  I feel blessed and taken care of these days. I know Grace.  My life goes best with God.,  Thank you Jesus